This Is the Beginning of the End of Foreign Aid. What Will the New World Look Like?

Bill Gates is giving away $310b. Can his plans survive the Trump era?

The billionaire’s strategy to turbocharge his global health drive could be undermined by political reality, as the US and other Western governments drastically cut foreign aid.

This is the beginning of the end of foreign aid. What will the new world look like?

Donald Trump's attack on aid has been a long time coming, argue Heba Aly and Nilima Gulrajani. Now is the time to create a response fit for the 21st century

Getting Foreign Aid Right - First Things

Rhetorical restraint is not prominent in Washington these days. Given the volatile personalities involved and the escalatory effects of social media, one hesitates to declare that the apogee of apoplexy has been reached—or ever will be. Elon Musk’s denunciation of the U.S. Agency for International Development as a “radical-left political psy op” and a “criminal organization” did raise the bar to new heights, however. I am no uncritical celebrant…

Getting Foreign Aid Right

Michel Lunanga Pharmacist Joseph Njer Airo inspects boxes of antiretroviral drugs labeled "USAID," from the last donation before the funding cuts inside the medical stockroom of Migosi Sub-county Hospital on April 24, 2025 in Kisumu, Kenya. Kisumu has one of the highest HIV rates in Kenya, with around 17.6% of the adult population are living with the virus, nearly five times the national average of 4.5%. In 2025, Kisumu has become a focal point …

WACC | Communication justice must be at heart of decolonizing international development

The availability of funding for international development is on the decline.The United States, the world’s largest international development donor in historical terms, recently announced massive foreign aid cuts. It also dismantled much of its institutional capacity to deliver development programs and humanitarian assistance and announced that any future aid efforts would have to align with its foreign policy priorities.The threat of similar cut…